ingrate
Example Sentences
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He spoke of his estrangement from the game, of how, because of his refusal to indulge in the celebrations it offered him, he was viewed in some quarters as an ingrate.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2022
The ingrate: It was Whiteman who paid for Wilder’s first trip to Berlin, to cover one of Whiteman’s concerts.
From Washington Post • Apr. 27, 2021
What kind of ingrate brings large quantities of prohibited food into a situation like this?
From Slate • Mar. 9, 2021
When “Life with Picasso” first came out, this kind of anecdote did not go over well with Picasso’s supporters, who denounced Gilot as a spiteful ingrate and rushed in to avenge the great man.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 15, 2019
“And just when he had gotten it to the point of learning to eat nothing at all, the ingrate up and died. I suppose you have heard that story?”
From "The Devil's Arithmetic" by Jane Yolen
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.